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In a hearing this week in the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs’ (HSGAC) Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management (RAFM), representatives from the Department of Commerce, Department of Justice, (DOJ) Department of Agriculture, and Department of Homeland Security outlined the steps their respective agencies were taking to comply with President Trump’s March 13th “Executive Order on a Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch” and the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) subsequent memorandum, “Comprehensive Plan for Reforming the Federal Government and Reducing the Federal Civilian Workforce.”

This week on FEDtalk, host Ben Carnes of Shaw Bransford & Roth is joined by a panel of budget experts to discuss the current federal funding landscape, how we got here, and if there is any hope for a better future.

The Trump administration lifted the federal hiring freeze and released its “Comprehensive Plan for Reforming the Federal Government and Reducing the Federal Civilian Workforce” which includes the expectation of job cuts.

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This Week on FEDtalk

Tune in to FEDtalk this week for a discussion on the importance of cybersecurity within the federal government. As the federal government becomes increasingly digital, it also becomes increasingly at risk for cyberattacks. Experts in the cybersecurity community will discuss what these threats look like and how the federal workforce can prepare for them.

Hear it from FLEOA

Nathan Catura, President of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA), the nation’s largest non-partisan, not-for-profit professional association representing more than 27,000 federal law enforcement officers and agents across 65 federal agencies, today issued the following statement in support of the EAGLES Act.